Smoker&#39;s pipe.



P. TALARICO.

SMOKERS PIPE.

APPLIOATION FILED Dao. so, 190s.

924,508. v Patented June s, 1909.

whesses. EWE/725W PHILIP TALARICO, NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

sMoKEns PIPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented rune s, 1909.

i Application led December 30, 1908. Serial No. 470,000.

To all whom itmay concern.'

Be it known that I, PHILIP TALARICO, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Britain, in the countypf Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSmokers Pipes, of which the'following is a specification.

u My invention relates to improvements in smokers pipes and .the objectsof my improvements arel efficiency with particular reference tocleanliness and personal comfort in use.

i In the accompanying drawin s:-Figure 1 is a central verticallongitudina section of my pipe, with the cleaning plug inside elevation.Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section of the cleaning plugfor my pipe, on

an enlarged scale. Flg. 3 is a view similar to that of Fig. 1 and on thesame scale, of a pipe of a modified form from that shown in i .1,embodying my invention.

imilarreference characters refer to similar parts throughout the severalviews.

In the use of an ordinary smokers ipe with stem leading directly intotheV bow -of the pipe, saliva enters the draft passage from the mouth,moistenin the tobacco, resulting in the befouling of t e. draft passage,and

clogging of the same b a mixture of-saliva, i

molstened tobacco an nicotin, so that with continued use the nicotlnfinds its way to the mouth and into the system of the user, producing aburning orbiting sensation on the tongue and in the mouth, and'injuriousel'- feets to the system. My invention obviates these evils in a mannerhereinafter described.

The pipe shown in Fi ,1, embodying my invention, has a pi e bo y 1having a bowl 2, connectin b a c annel 3 into one side of a c lindricacliamber` 4, extending through t e elongated neck 5of said pipebody 1-back well into the said ipe body 1. I prefer to line said cylindricalchamber 4 with a cleaninglplug tube 6 of some non-absorbent materia suchas bone, in case the pi e body is made of absorbent material, suc asWood, although the use of said cleanin plug tube 6 may be dispensedwith. Said c eaning plug tube 6 has'l a perforation 7 through the sideWall opposite the terminus of the channel 3 in the side ofthelcylindrical chamber 4. The cleaning plug tube 6 incloses thecleaning lug 8, except for the threaded end 9 whic protrudes and issuitably threaded for screwln into a correspondingly threaded Y end ofte tip 10. The cleaning' plug 8 at its largest diameter, is of a size tofit the interior of the said tube 6, with sufiicient friction to holdsaid plug therein. Nearthe inner end, remote rom the threaded end 9, thecleaning plug 8 is of reduced diameter, forming a neck 18, with anannular recess surrounding' the same, forming with the walls of thecleaning plug tube 6 a saliva chamber 1 1. The extreme inner end 12ofthe cleaning plug 8 fits the inner Wall of the cleaning lug tube 6 andfills the extreme inner end o the beginning at a point opposite the hole7, in the side wall of the cleaning plug tube 6, and

- extending nearly to the threaded end 9, the

cleaning plug 8 has a helical groove 13.

At the terminus of the helical groove 13 remote from `the hole 7 intheside Wall of the cleaning plug tube 6, the said helical groove' saidtube 6. Beyond the saliva chamber 11,

13 connects through a hole 14, Fig. 2, in the wall of the cleaning yplug8, with a passage 15,

extending from the threaded' end 9 of the cleaning plug 8 along the axisof the same to a point near the annular recess surroundin the neck 18,and then turns laterally towar one side and opens into the said annularrecess, for connecting the said passage with the saliva chamber 11. Irefer to have said passage open into the sa iva chamber 11 at the underside of the neck 18, and also to have the hole 14 in the side wall ofsaid cleaning plug 8 inan upward `direction to obtain the est resultswith my invention, though suchrestrictions are not essential. Thethreaded end l9 of the cleaning plug 8 has its passage 15 in position toregister with the passage 16 through the ti 10. Aferrule 17 is rovidedat the end of t evelongated neck 5 o the pipe body 1. The passagel 1 5along the cleaning plug 8 connectsthe passage 16 through the stem 10directly with the saliva chamber 11, so that moisture passes directlyfrom said passage 16 in the stem 10 to said saliva chamer 1 1, wherespace is provided for the collection of the same, said moisture passingby the hole 14 which connects with the route to the bowl 2, andobviating the consequent befouling of tobacco in said bowl 2. v Theroute from the bowl 2 tosaid assage 16 in the stem 10 is more .deviousan circuitous, following as it and tip 10a being suita ing plug 8 to thepassage 16 in the stem 10, thus avoiding the saliva chamber 11, and

s connecting with the passage 15 in the cleaning plug 8 at a oint remotefrom said saliva chamber 11. llhe helical groove 13 forms a relativelylong assageway in a comparatively short overal length for the de osit ofnicotin and deleterious matter from t e bowl 2 of the pi e.

By simpl;T withdrawing the cleaning plug 8 from the cleaning chamber 6by a direct pull using the tip 10 as a handle, the cleaning-plug 8 isreadily cleaned of any accumulation of saliva in the saliva chamber 11,or foreign matter in the helical groove 13. The same cleaning plug 8 maybe used with different pipe bodies and different ti s, byinterchanglngqpipe bodies `or tips as c esired.

41g. 1 shows my invention applied to a curved stem ipe. In case it isdesired -to use the same witli some other form of pipe body, said ip'ebody may be provided with a cleaning p ug chamber formed directly in thepipe body 1a, as shown in Fig. 3 the special lining or tube 6 shown inFig. 1 being omitted. In-

such case the change in pipe bodies is made by withdrawin the cleaningplug 8 from the cleaning plug c amber in the one pi e body and placingit in the cleaning plug dliamber in the other pipe body. v

Changes in tips are readily made by unscrewing one tip 10 from thecleaning plug 8 and screwing on another. If desired the cleaning plugmay be screwed into the tip with a 'snug fit, so that the two areremovable together as if in one piece. y

Fi 3 shows the pipe bod 1 a re lacing the pipe,l ody 1, the cleaningplug tu e, and the tip 10% replacing the tip)10, said pipe body 1 a lefor a straight stem pi e. claim as my invention :-v

1. A pi e body, havin a cylindrical chamber, a cy indrical tube ttedtherein, and a cleanin plug, generally cylindrical inform, remova lyfitting within said tube, a portion of said plug near' one end-beingreduced in diameter to form in connection with said tube a salivachamber, said plug having also a passageway extending from the saidreduced portion longitudinally therethrough to its outer end, and anexternal helical groove along the middle of its length, the outer end ofthe said groove connectin tudinal passage through said plug.

2. A ipe body having a cylindrical chamber, a' c eaning plug, generallycylindrical in form, removably fitting within said chamber, a portion ofsaid plug near the inner end being reduced in diameter to form in1connection with said chamber a saliva chamber, said plug having also apassageway extending from the said reduced'portion longitudinallytherethrough to its outer end and an external helical groove along themiddle of its length,

with the longi-,-

ing plug of a generally cylindrical form havinO a reduced neck near itsinner end, a helica roove surrounding its body along the mid le of itslength, an externally threaded outer end remote from the said neck, apassage through the said plug leading from thc said externally threadedend to the said reduced neck and a hole connecting the outer end of thesaid helical roove with the passage through the said p u the said'plugbeing ada ted to be receive in the chamber of the sai body and toconnect the inner end of the said helical groove with the passageleading to the bowl.

4. A ipe having a bowl, body, and a tip, said bo y having a cleaningplug chamber connected by a passageway with the said bowl, a cleaningplug generally cylindrical in shape, removably fitting and filling@ saidcylindrical cleaning plug chamber and having a threaded end protrudingoutwardly therefrom, an inner end, fitting and filling said chamber, arecessed ortion near the' sai inner end forming with t e inclosing wallsof said cleaning lug chamber asaliva chamber, a longitudina passagewayextending from .said recessed portion to and through the outer threadedend, and a helical groove on the outer surface extending outwardly fromthe end of the passageway connecting the cleaning plug chamber with thebowl, near said recessed ortion, along the middle nearly to said threaed end, and forming in connection with the inclosing walls of saidcleaning plug chamber an extended way for the passage and rece tion offoreign matter from said bowl, sai helical groove connectin "at theouter end throu h a hole in the wa of said cleaning plu with thelongitudinal passage therein whe its inner end is disconnected from thesaid saliva chamber, said tip havin a longitudinal passageway, a screwthrea ed inner end to t the said screw 'thread at the outer end of saidcleaning plug,

for screwing the two to ether and connecting the said passageways terethrough, and also to permit the use of said tip as a handle forremoving said cleaning plug from said cleaning plug chamber.

5. A pipe `comprisin a ipe body, and bowl, the said bowl and body havinga cylindrical chamber, and a passage connecting said chamber and'bowl, aseparate cleanin plug tube having an opening leading to sai passage, agenerallpylindrical plug removably iittin Vand 'ng said cleaning plugtube, and aving a recessed portion at its inner end forming with thewalls of said cleaning plug tube a saliva chamber, and a longitu inalpassageway leading from said recessed portion to and throu h the outerend of said cleaning plug, a helical passageway in the periphery of thesaid plug along the middle thereof, which passageway connects at itsinner end with said opening in said cleaning plug tube, and at its outerend with said longitudinal passage in said cleaning plug, said helicalpassageway forming with the inclosing Walls of said cleaning plug 10tube an extended way for the passage and reception of foreign matterfrom said bowl.

6. In a smoker s ipe, having a bowl, body and stem, the comgination ofthe pi e body having a longitudinally extended chamber,

15 a cleaning plug removably fitted to the said chamber and having itsinner end of a size to fill the same, a recessed portion forming withthe said chamber a saliva receptacle near the said inner end of the saidplug, and a pipe stem connected with the outer end of the t said plugand removable therewith, the said arts having suitable passagewaysconnectlng the bowl and saliva receptacle with the stem by separateroutes at points remote from the stem and by a common route through thesaid stem.

PHILIP TALARICO.

Witnesses:

SHEFFIELD I-I. CLARKE, JAMES SHEPARD.

